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[elisi]

Doctor Who: Russell T Davies returns as programme showrunner

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[nostalgia]

Human mother's just one or two lines though, whereas ignoring the Timeless Child would mean retconning at least a whole season, probably two. ;__;

[elisi]

MAYBE IT WILL ALL BE A DREAM?

Imagine the sheer AUDACITY!

[nostalgia]

I HOPE SO

[elisi]

We can always just say that it was.

After all, Doctor Who doesn't have a canon.

[nostalgia]

It does and it doesn't, it depends how I feel that afternoon.

[elisi]

Yeah.

I need to find that image again, with the different levels.

[greensword]

I stopped watching several seasons back so I have no idea what this Timeless Child business is, but it's Doctor Who! They can and have literally reset the universe, can't they just reset the universe again without this Timeless Child in it?

[masakochan]

long story short: The Timeless Child is a name used to describe the Doctor when the s12 finale revealed that they showed up originally as a child from a different dimension and completed alone. A scientist, Tecteun, shows up and adopts her. The kid falls off a cliff one day, and the scientist sees them regenerate (this has never happened before). Tecteun then spends decades doing super unethical experiments on the child finding out how regeneration works- before finally cracking the code and trying it out on her self. Obvs it works because Tecteun finds a way to inject the ability into others, and thus the Time Lord society has started. The Doctor is eventually thanked for their service by being strapped into an electric chair, and having all memory of their first "life" tortured out of them.

[greensword]

Wow that's dumb. Maybe we can just all pretend it never happened.

[elisi]

kaffy_r has done a nice write up of the positives here. (Possibly unintended positives, but you know lets look at the silver lining.)

The one thing I would add it is that presumably Tecteun is meant to be 'The Other' - the mysterious third figure who set up the Time Lord civilisation along with Rassilon & Omega.

Also Sacha Dhawan is an AMAZING Master. Stepping into Missy's shoes is a thankless task, but he single-handedly made me excited about the show again. (When he was onscreen.)